About the book
From the Orkney Islands to Coastlands shopping mall, Working the tang is liberally seasoned with salt and spit, kelp and wrack, and the creatures who live within coo-ee of the sea.
Nicola Easthope writes of the ghosts of her British ancestors, and the ocean between them and the life she lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, where people tweet and spat, go camping and kitesurfing, and freewheel the shore on TradeMe roller skates.
And David Bowie is here too!
Tangi | Tang | Tangi | Tang
Dinner is served
on a spit of salted land.
Our company in tongues—
hear us singing! The tip
of the fork faces into
the knife, and the air
is on point. Life stirs
in kelp and wrack
on the rocks above low tide.
Nicola Easthope is a poet, reader, teacher, partner and mum. She’s a champion of children, teenagers, and activism for a more just, green and peaceful world.
